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We expected to bring them back alive,
said Talal Alkernawi, mayor of the city of Rahat where the men were from Our hearts ache over the immense tragedy of the Ziyadne family,
Israeli President Isaac Herzog, said in a statement Time is running out. Youssef was abducted alive! Our hostages are in immediate life-threatening danger. We must continue to do everything possible to urgently return 99 of our brothers and sisters – the living to their families and the fallen and murdered to be laid to rest in dignity.”
The troops located and recovered the body of hostage Youssef al-Zayadna from an underground tunnel in the Rafah area of the Gaza Strip and returned his body to Israel".
In a statement, the military said The emerging agreement comes far too late for Youssef, who was taken alive and should have returned the same way,
the forum said in a statement I hope that we can get it over the line in the time that we have,
Blinken said, referring to President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on January 20. Every day in captivity poses an immediate mortal danger to the hostages,
the group said in a statement Instead of bringing them back alive to their families to raise their children, we are receiving them as corpses."
Talal Alkerwani, the mayor of the Alziadanas home city of Rahat, said in a media statement We had hoped and worked for the safe return of the four members of the family from Hamas captivity,
We continue to do everything to fulfill our supreme moral obligation — the return of all the hostages, living and dead, to Israeli soil,